[conservative cat]

Ummm... there is a HUGE difference between the young adults today and those of “Generation X” (the first to grow up with daily doses of Mr. Rogers — of whom I was a HUGE fan!), and it is NOT Mr. Rogers that gave them this entitlement attitude. It is more likely the school curriculum that introduced these ideas. THAT is what’s different between my generation, and the ones that are in their teens and 20s nowadays. I don’t see the same attitude at ALL among my peers vs. the younger ones nowadays.

Totally true. One obvious difference is how girls dress and present themself. When I was a teen, I was very self-conscious about my looks and whether I had the figure for the clothes I was wearing (I did but didn't realize it at the time!) My friends were the same. Now, you see girls hanging out all over the place. Girls who are twice the size I was 15 years ago (has it been that long??) wear tight low cut jeans with their guts hanging out over the top!! That would not have been done when we were younger!

[scrabblehack]

Many years ago we had an undergraduate intern who was talking about winning the Nobel Prize his first week on the job. After he left for the day, one of our contractors said, “You know what that comes from? Not getting kicked in the teeth enough.”

Sandra Day O’Connor said something to the effect of “Supreme Court Justice is not something you can plan your career for.”

Oh dear, yes, those kicks in the teeth have to come at some point in life — but when?

[ECM]

Yeah, the gut hanging over thing is just absolutely bizarre and, yeah, 15 years already—good grief!

[RepoGirl]

Ah... I totally agree. I was a teen, sadly, twenty-plus years ago at this point, in the era of mini skirts and elf boots. Girls that could wear the stuff did (Jazzercise was an obsession back then, yeesh...), the rest of us tried to hide our figure flaws rather than celebrate them.

Really seems today that girls take that, "You go, Girl!" attitude too seriously. No... you're not beautiful in anything at any size... and no... not every one looks like Britney circa 1997...